Tuesday, December 11

 
A 'Stone Soup' Fit for FoodTV

It was inevitable. Some foodie couldn't leave well enough alone and got her hands on "Stone Soup," that classic tale of creativity in the face of selfishness. This story first appeared in Metroactive, which circulates in the hyper-PC counties north of San Francisco. Curiously, though, this "culinarily correct" reworking leaves a few politically incorrect stones unturned: The hungry travelers are soldiers (a symbol of the bankrupt global military-industrial complex?), the selfish villagers who are tricked into sharing their hidden wealth are mostly women (a reinforcement of outmoded gender stereotypes?), and the resulting savory stew contains meat, "bones and all." Where's the cake of silken tofu? Where's the textured vegetable protein?
posted by Unknown 9:49 PM